All MSHA-reportable accidents at McGeorge Contracting Company Inc operations in 2022. Fatalities appear first.
Employee was trying to thaw out the tail pulley at the wash tower of C207. Employee poured brake-line antifreeze on the belt at the tail pulley of C207 and lit it on fire. Employee then poured more brake-line antifreeze on the fire which caused it to blow up catching EE on fire and burning EE's lower legs.
Employee was holding bolt head to enable tightening of lock nut. When the impact wrench was activated to tighten the nut, it caused the bolt to spin and crush employee's right middle finger between bolt head and crusher housing.
Temp worker was un-bridging rock from C4X front feeder. After they un-bridged the feeder and was standing to the side and observing the feeder, a rock rolled off the conveyor belt and hit temp worker in left leg. The temp did not seek medical attention and finished shift. The next morning 11/8/2022, temp went to dr. and returned to work on light duty.
Prior to tool use, employee was changing defective fitting on a railcar jack stand after pre-shift inspection. Metal sliver cut employees thumb requiring stitches by medical prof. Jack stands owned by contractor. Injury did not involve mine equipment or system. Tool training & inspection covered in Part 46, why fitting was being changed prior to use. All PPE worn.
Employee was walking past parked skid steer with pole attachment. As EE went to step over pole, EE rolled their right ankle.
IE was holding the t-handle punch while co-worker was hitting it with a sledge hammer. Co-worker missed and the hammer hit the side of the crusher causing the hammer to ricochet hitting IE's hand.
Employee was hammering a wedge in on a screen, with a hammer and strained left shoulder.
EE was changing a bearing. The bearing housing slipped and smashed EE's left ring finger. EE was a temp and EE's assignment was ended on 6/8/2022 because EE didn't follow instructions on going to the medical facility to have the injury looked at.
Employee was using a pry bar to dislodge a rock in the tail pulley of a conveyor. After the rock was dislodged and employee was sliding out the pry bar, their hand struck a rock and resulted in laceration of their finger.